"Israel is where our American heritage begins. ... As Jews, we do not pray to Jesus, but we stand in admiration that true Christians adhere to His message of love, taken from our Scriptures. We respect your devotion as you respect ours. We honor your faith as you honor ours, even as we pray separately but live equally, in friendship. ... Of course we have our self-haters, bigots and anti-Semites. Openly or in secret, they pray in favor of America’s enemies and promote any cause that would harm or even destroy Israel. But they do not define this country. Let their curses turn into blessings. Give me, instead, those Christian Evangelicals, all 70 million of them, or those 60 million Gentiles who turn Christian but once a week or twice and year. Away with the restrictions and laws that deny Christians their Christianity. ... for these are a reminder to me, a Jew, that I live in this land, this land of mostly Christians that have kept the promise of my ancestor, the prophet Micah, that this house be blessed by the shade of that vine and fig tree, and none shall make us afraid."
WOW! I'm Catholic, not Evangelical Protestant, and I cheer and applaud Mr. Englehard's sentiments!! Big Time! All I can do is echo them and say to my Jewish and Israeli friends an old Southern US saying: God bless y'all real good!
And give me those Jews dedicated to the nation of Israel and especially those in the IDF that valiantly stand in harm's way over a carpetbagger like Noam Chomsky (please pardon the mention of that name) any day of the week.
Very worth a ping, Merry Christmas ... Shalom
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May God bless you back with duble amount!
I third the (e)motion!